La. Tech kicker gets pointers from former Bulldogs

1:38 AM,
Jul. 5, 2011

Written by

Ethan Conley
Louisiana Gannett New

RUSTON -- Kicking isn't an easy job on a college football team. But it's a little easier when you can get some advice from the guys who have been there before.

Fortunately for Louisiana Tech kicker Matt Nelson, he's at a school that has produced some great kickers over the years, and those kickers tend to look out for each other.

Nelson developed a relationship with former Tech and NFL kicker Chris Boniol, an Alexandria native who now works with the Dallas Cowboys, before he even arrived in Ruston. He met Matt Stover, another former Bulldog and one of the top kickers in NFL history, at Tech's game ...